Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 183, 24 October 1927, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUN’S Correspondent?.)

FIRE IN FRANKTON

The Hamilton Fire Brigade made a good save on Saturday morning when called out to a blaze in a four-roomed cottage in Rimu Street. Frankton Junction. occupied by Mrs. S. Stonehouse. The State Fire Office held the insurances of £3OO on the house and £IOO on the furniture.

PATERANGI TENNIS OPENING The Paterangi Tennis Club opened its courts for the season last week. The courts were in excellent order. Mr. S. C. B. Macky, club president, presented trophies to the winners of the last Easter tournament, Mrs. S. Smith and Mr. Ivan White, after which he declared the courts open for play for the ensuing season. During the afternoon the ladies provided refreshments.

THAMES RIFLE CLUB

THE MILLER CUP The silver cup presented to tl.e Thames Rifle Club by Mr. E. N. Miller in 1920 is still being competed for. A competition for the cup took place on Saturday, when Rifleman C. Cameron proved the winner. Rifleman R. Cameron headed the list of shooters, with the good score of 95 out of a possible 100, but he did not compete for the prize. The scores are:

A contingent of Wajhi shooters has arrived in Thames, and will fire a match with the members of the local club. The visitors are being entertained on the range by the Thames Club.

JERSEY CLUB

MEETING AT TE AWAMUTU The monthly meeting of the Te Awamutu Jersey Club was held on Friday evening, Mr. G. S. Clarke presiding. There were also present: Messrs. F. J. B. Ryburn, S. C. B. Macky, C. Parker, A. Johnson, and J. G. Wynyard (secretary). The secretary reported that the recent pedigree bull sale had been a decided success. It was decided to arrange for another spring sale of pedigree Jers. bulls on Friday, October 5, 1928, and to ask the auctioneers to include this notification in their list of annual sales. The following new members were elected:—Messrs. G. S. Hall, Hairini; Coe Bros., Te Kawa; G. W. Johnson, Hairini; E. H. Crawford. Te Mawhai: I. J. Kerr, Korakonui; and G. T. Harker, Te Kawa.

FIRE AT OTAHUHU

GOOD SAVE BY BRIGADE

ruT.’AAA'AT, response of the Otahuh T) . vi< , s'-o°o n ;llarm ""sed by Mr 1 .-ti- at 5.,.0 pm. on Saturday' responsible lor the quelling of hr- ik in one of the On the arrival of the brieade ir discovered that one of the laivo lorries was burning furinio :S Assisted by many willing* htSSTS' In tirade 1 emoted the lorry from o shed and subdued the outbreak The Are cannot be accounted for ~ everything was in order vhc-n v“ Hughes, borough foreman, left , noon, and again at S p.m. at The vehicle was covered by i n^t

DREDGING OPERATIONS

WHANGAREI HARBOUR

According to the report of «. dredgemaster submitted to tv. Whangarei Harbour Board at it* he meeting, the dredging of the sandstor ' bar at Kioreroa has been completed The cost of this work, as carried onby the board’s workmen, was £SO. while the lowest tender for the W .1 was £1.377. ort

The suction dredge is now located is the channel above the sandstone bat and is working toward Kioreroa ij is expected that the ct n true tors forth, removal of the sandstone will benn work during the coming week. 9

WEEKLY SHOOT

THAMES GUN CLUB Quite a number of spectators a «. sembled at the shooting ground on Saturday to watch the members of th» Thames Gun Club hold their weekiv shoot. The shooting was not up u> the standard of the previous Saturday, th. tricky wind that prevailed made the clay birds hard to hit. The afternoon’s shooting resulted as follows: No. 1 shoot of 6 birds.—G. Shaw 5 birds, 1; W. R. Smith, 4 birds, j Dr. Liggins, 3 birds, 3. No. 2 shoot of 6 birds.—L. Sinclair and W. R. Smith tied with 6 birds: G. Shaw. 5 birds, 3. No. 3 shoot (Gimcra.ek), of 7 birds.— W. R. Smith, 6 birds, 1; A. Brien and W. Sparkes tied for second with 5 birds. No. 4 shoot of 7 birds.—G. Shaw. 7 birds, 1; W. Sparkes, 6 birds, 2; $. Sparkes, 5 birds, 3. No. 5 shoot of S birds.—W. K. Smith, 8 birds, 1; E. Thornton, W. Sparkes and A. Brien tied for second with 7 birds. Quail drive of 7 birds.—E. Thornton. 5 birds, 1; G. Shaw and Dr. Liggr.ns tied for second with 4 birds. In the shoot-off Shaw won.

TE AWAMUTU BOWLERS

HANDICAP PAIRS CONTEST The Te Awamutu Bowling' Club played the second round of the handicap pairs on Saturday afternoon. The result was as follows:—Wilson and Roberts beat Smith and Jourdain; Hawkins and Dunkley beat T. Mclnne* and Chittenden; Ross and C. Mclnne* beat White and Bryant; Metcalfe ami Cocker beat C. Bowden and Christie. Handicap Singles: Roberts beat McArthur; Wilson beat T. Mclnne?: Smith beat C. Bowden; C. Mclnnes beat Christie; Metcalfe beat Ross. The club’s green is in good order, and is playing better this year thaa it has done in the past. The supervisor is Mr. Jim North, green superintendent. A special meeting of the executive of the Te Awamutu Bowling Club took place on Friday night, when it was decided to accept the scheme of interclub games introduced by the Waikato Bowling Association. There are ten clubs included in the scheme, comprising Hamilton. Hamilton East. Whitiora, Olaudelands. Frankton. Frankton Railways, Ngaruawahia, Huntly, Cambridge and Te Awamutu.

OTAHUHU PROGRESS

BIG BUILDING PROGRAMME Tlie total revenue at Otahuhn froin the general and water rates is £13,33 5s 9d, and the amount collected up till September 31 was £3,119 19s sd, leading a balance to come In during the next six months of £15,215 6s 4d. v m * The Mangere road loan lias a credibalance of £674 15s lid, which win oe spent on the completion of the footpaths. The drainage loan has a balance o. just on £6,000, which will be utHWCfI as the necessity’ arises. Forty-one men are at present employed on outside work. 27 of whom are on the unemployed relief wot* « present being carried out in Hutton Street. *• • • The municipal quarry is at presenworking full pressure, and a credit balance is expected at the eu of the financial year. Buildings are in course of c^ at the present time to the value £41,274. These include the up-w----date garage for the Motor Transport Co., a block of three shops with awen ings at the southern end of the to> • and a block of three shops in theear** of the main street, together with nun erous dwellings which are erected in all parts of the Contemplated structures for J permits have not yet been elude the new Anglican Church, ' at £6,500; and an up-to-date for Messrs. J. M. Mennie, Ltd-. w gether with over 100 houses *hi Railway Department intends to' Diin the borough in the near -voted while over 200 houses are to be er just out of the borough bounaar>-

PURCHASING A WHARF

NEGOTIATIONS LAGGING

The Whangarei Harbour Boarff negotiations with the Railway L V ment relative to the purchase rahi Wharf were discussed ai board’s last meeting. r -,._ li >v9on, The chairman, Mr. J. A. F »nl««£ reported that on October 4 ne, . t( j retary, and Mr. J. E- MinWellington and interviewed ui - * . ister of Railways regarding • ftn posal. Mr. Coates and offer be made the Railway* ~ that failing an reached between hte part*®* Accordhe would decide the matter- to ingly, an offer of £2,000 Boardthe chairman of the doirfl* but this was promptly turn** It was eventually agreed tnatwj’ ,t board’s offer being made in would be further considered. On October 11 the board _ B<>a n; to the chairman of the Rai. 3S been an offer of £ 2.000. N o repfc receiv ed from the ' Ad Messrs. W. Jones. M-P. - ” thf Bell. -M.P., had ti ed 10 ° b ,‘ h e n" - Minister s reply, but UP to of the meeting no reply nu. ceivecL

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